Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between cholelithiasis and developing sialolithiasis using a population-based coverage database. Methods: The data for this study were sourced from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database. We included 745 subjects with sialolithiasis as cases and 3725 sex-matched and age-matched subjects without sialolithiasis as controls. Results: Chi-square test revealed a significant difference in the prevalence of prior cholelithiasis between the cases and controls (8.6% vs 4.1%; p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 560-563 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Head and Neck |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- case-control study
- cholelithiasis
- epidemiology
- salivary gland
- sialolithiasis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology